Essays about: "Biofidelity"

Found 3 essays containing the word Biofidelity.

  1. 1. Evaluation of occupant kinematics in crash using the PIPER model : in frontal and oblique crash simulations

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Maria Daouacher; [2019]
    Keywords : PIPER; Human Body Model; Child occupants; Anthropometrics;

    Abstract :   A child dies in road traffic crashes every fourth minute. Totally were 186 300 children under the age of 18 killed in vehicle accidents in 2012, even more were severely injured [1]. READ MORE

  3. 2. Evaluation of Thoracic Injury Risk of Heavy Goods Vehicle Occupants during Steering Wheel Rim Impacts to Different Rib Levels

    University essay from KTH/Medicinteknik och hälsosystem

    Author : Jia Cheng Xu; [2019]
    Keywords : Heavy Goods Vehicles HGVs ; Rim Impacts; Human Body Models HBM ; Total HUman Model for Safety THUMS ; Hybrid III; ribs; aorta; liver; spleen; injury risk functions; material models; cumulative distribution function CDF ; Ogden; risk curves; Lastbilar; rattislag; humanmodeller; Total HUman Model for Safety THUMS ; Hybrid III; revben; aorta; lever; mjälte; riskfunktioner; materialmodeller; kumulativ fördelningsfunktion; Ogden; riskkurvor;

    Abstract : The interior of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) differs from passenger cars. Both the steering wheel and the occupant are positioned differently in a HGV and increases the risk of steering wheel rim impacts. READ MORE

  4. 3. Improvements and Validation of THUMS Upper Extremity : Refinements of the Elbow Joint for Improved Biofidelity

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

    Author : Kristín Sverrisdóttir; [2019]
    Keywords : Upper extremity; elbow; biofidelity; validation; Total HUman Model for Safety THUMS ; Finite Element Modeling FEM ; Övre extremitet; armbåge; biofidelitet; validering; Total HUman Model for Safety THUMS ; Finite Element Modellering FEM ;

    Abstract : Introduction One out of five reported motor vehicle collision injuries occur to the upper extremities. Certain parts of The Total HUman Model for Safety (THUMS) lack validation against experimental data, including the elbow. READ MORE